THERE is potentially good news this week for West Devon people who suffer from kidney failure.

Derriford Hospital has secured almost £300,000 of national funding from NHS Kidney Care to support patients with renal disease on behalf of the Peninsula Renal Network to improve the experience and outcomes for kidney patients.

Plymouth Dialysis Unit will be one of the first in the UK to use the national Patient Decision Aid in the care pathway for patients with established renal failure as a result of £50,000 of funding awarded by NHS Kidney Care.

The PDA is designed to support adult patients in making decisions about whether or not to have renal replacement therapy, what type of therapy to have and where to have it.